We’re delighted to report that Ashok is once again back on Suffolk soil, after his surprise U-turn back to France just days after first arriving back in early April. BTO Cuckoo experts noted a drop in ...

Join BTO Youth and the Essex Birdwatching Society on a guided walk around Abberton Reservoir nature reserve, listening to the different songs and calls of the birds which call the reserve home ...

Join our friendly staff and volunteer team who are available this spring to help you feel more confident with bird identification and/or survey skills, whether you’ve done some surveys before or you ...

For much of March we commented that the spring migration had so far been more of a trickle than a flood, but in the last few days things have really picked up, with lots more reports of spring ...

An increase in the number of volunteers taking part in the long-standing BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) in the UK, has resulted in impressively high coverage across Scotland. The results ...

It’s been another week of summer visitors trickling in, with reporting rates continuing to tick up for all of our earlier arriving species. During the last week Chiffchaffs have been recorded on 60% ...

In the last few days it has certainly felt like spring has arrived, with lots of sunshine and temperatures rising into the high teens. Summer migrants are continuing to arrive, although the arrival so ...

As we enter March, temperatures are rising, the sun is occasionally shining, and signs of spring are starting to appear. As well as species that are exclusively summer visitors to Britain and Ireland, ...

From walks and talks to our annual conference, BTO runs lots of events throughout the year. Browse the listing below and use the filters to find an event that's right for you. If you would like to ...

After a mild and very wet couple of weeks to start December, the weather took a turn at Christmas with the first proper cold snap of the winter. This, combined with some spells of easterly winds, has ...

Birdwatchers across the UK have been charting the rise and rise of the very distinctive Little Egret for decades, but scientists have been unable to accurately calculate the breeding population of ...

Forget ‘five gold rings’, how about 866,000 alloy ones? A new report from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) highlights the latest findings from wild bird ringing activities across the UK and ...